#2C9FA4#2C9FA4

#2C9FA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.098 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C9FA4
RGB	rgb(44, 159, 164)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -29.08, -11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 31.36, 201.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0928 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.098 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1347, 28.0097, 39.4600)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C9FA4 #A4312C

analogous

#2CA46D #2C9FA4 #2C63A4

triadic

#2C9FA4 #A42C9F #9FA42C

tetradic

#2C9FA4 #6D2CA4 #A4312C #63A42C

square

#2C9FA4 #6D2CA4 #A4312C #63A42C

split-complementary

#2C9FA4 #A42C63 #A46D2C

monochromatic

#124143 #1F7074 #2C9FA4 #41C6CC #71D5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#2C9FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#2C9FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2C9FA4

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C9FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2C9FA4	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c9fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 159, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.098 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bcbf',
    500: '#2c9fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c9fa4;
$custom-light: #79bcbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c9fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64328,
    "c": 0.09833,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C9FA4

secondary

#C06F6B

accent

#4D47E1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C9FA4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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